Collections by all sections. December 1887: Head: $23.00 Midgell : $6.95 Marie: $10.35 Greenwich : $27.00 Cable Head : $8.67 Morell : $17.00 Bangor : $7.40 Total: $101.37 According to Fred MacEwen 's records, the Greenwich church was renovated in 1907 and was officially re-opened on January 10th, 1909, with the first collection amounting to $61.56. (18) This church, although shut down in the early 1960s, is still standing today, in the field behind the farm presently occupied by Fred McEwen 's nephew, Joey MacEwen. The growth of the West St. Peters and Head Congregations had increased so much by 1852, it was decided to disjoin West St. Peters from Covehead in July of that year. In March of 1858, Bay Fortune and Souris were separated from East and West St. Peters and were organized into district charges. On June 7th, 1859, further change took place with West St. Peters and Mount Stewart disjoining from . (19) The at this time was the Revered Crawford, whose labors were entirely confined to East St. Peters until 1874 at which time he was moved to . Mrs. James Dingwell of Marie recalled that Reverend Crawford wore "a very green coat." She recalled a story that one day while The Reverend sat on a pole fence a Billy goat came along and started to nibble at his coat, believing that green grass had grown very tall! (20) Reverend Crawford built a house in Midgell just west of the cemetery, which came to be considered the first manse.* After the charge of was vacant for two years, the Reverend S.C. Gunn arrived in 1876 to fill the void. Reverend Gunn stayed on in the St. Peters charge for 7 years, when in 1883 he moved to Springfield , Nova Scotia . Reverend Gunn was replaced by the Reverend J.W. MacKenzie , BA, who was ordained and inducted over the congregation of East St. Peters on March 16th, 1886. (21) During his time in St. Peters there were two churches built; one at the head of St. Peters Bay in 1886 and the other between the Morell and Marie Rivers, where construction had begun around 1887 and was finished by 1889. According to Mrs. James Dingwell , Reverend Crawford solicited contributions for the building of this house. The people thought of it as the Manse, but before he left in 1874, he sold the house. 237